Linares 2009 - Grischuk leads after round 6
Date 2009/2/28 | Topic: Chess news
| The Linares 2009 grandmaster chess tournament takes place in Linares (Spain), 19th of February - 2nd of March 2009. The World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand is taking participation in the tournament. He was the last 2 editions winner in Linares. Later this year Anand will play against Bulgarian super-grandmaster Veselin Topalov, who won the challengers match against Gata Kamsky.
After round 6 in Linares 2009 Alexander Grischuk leads by 5 points, Anand is 5th with 3,5 points. Round 6 Standings...
Linares 2009 - Standings after round 6
| 1. | Grischuk, Alexander | 5 | RUS | 2733 | | 2. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 4 | UKR | 2779 | | 3. | Carlsen, Magnus | 4 | NOR | 2776 | | 4. | Aronian, Levon | 3,5 | ARM | 2750 | | 5. | Anand, Viswanathan | 3,5 | IND | 2791 | | 6. | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 3 | CUB | 2717 | | 7. | Radjabov, Teimour | 2,5 | AZE | 2761 | | 8. | Wang Yue | 2,5 | CHN | 2739 |
| Round 1: Thursday, 19 February 2009 | | Vishy Anand | 1-0 | Teimour Radjabov | | | Levon Aronian | Ѕ-Ѕ | Magnus Carlsen | | | Leinier Dominguez | Ѕ-Ѕ | Alexander Grischuk | | | Wang Yue | Ѕ-Ѕ | Vassily Ivanchuk | | | | Round 2: Friday, 20 February 2009 | | Teimour Radjavov | Ѕ.Ѕ | Vassily Ivanchuk | | | Alexander Grischuk | 1-0 | Wang Yue | | | Magnus Carlsen | Ѕ.Ѕ | Leinier Dominguez | | | Vishy Anand | 0-1 | Levon Aronian | | | | Round 3: Saturday, 21 February 2009 | | Levon Aronian | Ѕ-Ѕ | Teimour Radjabov | | | Leinier Dominguez | Ѕ-Ѕ | Vishy Anand | | | Wang Yue | Ѕ-Ѕ | Magnus Carlsen | | | Vassily Ivanchuk | Ѕ-Ѕ | Alexander Grischuk | | | | Round 4: Sunday, 22 February 2009 | | Teimour Radjabov | 0-1 | Alexander Grischuk | | | Magnus Carlsen | Ѕ-Ѕ | Vassily Ivanchuk | | | Vishy Anand | 1-0 | Wang Yue | | | Levon Aronian | 1-0 | Leinier Dominguez | | | | Round 5: Tuesday, 24 February 2009 | | Leinier Dominguez | Ѕ-Ѕ | Teimour Radjabov | | | Wang Yue | Ѕ-Ѕ | Levon Aronian | | | Vassily Ivanchuk | Ѕ-Ѕ | Vishy Anand | | | Alexander Grischuk | Ѕ-Ѕ | Magnus Carlsen | | | | Round 6: Wednesday, 25 February 2009 | | Wang Yue | Ѕ-Ѕ | Teimour Radjabov | | | Vassily Ivanchuk | Ѕ-Ѕ | Leinier Dominguez | | | Alexander Grischuk | 1-0 | Levon Aronian | | | Magnus Carlsen | 1-0 | Vishy Anand | | | | Round 7:Thursday , 26 February 2009 | | Teimour Radjabov | Ѕ-Ѕ | Magnus Carlsen | | | Vishy Anand | Ѕ-Ѕ | Alexander Grischuk | | | Levon Aronian | 0-1 | Vassily Ivanchuk | | | Leinier Dominguez | Ѕ-Ѕ | Wang Yue | | | | Round 8: Saturday, 28 February 2009 | | Teimour Radjabov | - | Vishy Anand | | | Magnus Carlsen | - | Levon Aronian | | | Alexander Grischuk | - | Leinier Dominguez | | | Vassily Ivanchuk | - | Wang Yue | | | | Round 9: Sunday, 1 March 2009 | | Vassily Ivanchuk | - | Teimour Radjabov | | | Wang Yue | - | Alexander Grischuk | | | Leinier Dominguez | - | Magnus Carlsen | | | Levon Aronian | - | Vishy Anand | | | | Round 10: Monday, 2 March 2009 | | Teimour Radjabov | - | Levon Aronian | | | Vishy Anand | - | Leinier Dominguez | | | Magnus Carlsen | - | Wang Yue | | | Alexander Grischuk | - | Vassily Ivanchuk | | | | Round 11: Tuesday, 3 March 2009 | | Alexander Grischuk | - | Teimour Radjabov | | | Vassily Ivanchuk | - | Magnus Carlsen | | | Wang Yue | - | Vishy Anand | | | Leinier Dominguez | - | Levon Aronian | | | | Round 12: Thursday, 5 March 2009 | | Teimour Radjabov | - | Leinier Dominguez | | | Levon Aronian | - | Wang Yue | | | Vishy Anand | - | Vassily Ivanchuk | | | Magnus Carlsen | - | Alexander Grischuk | | | | Round 13: Friday, 6 March 2009 | | Magnus Carlsen | - | Teimour Radjabov | | | Alexander Grischuk | - | Vishy Anand | | | Vassily Ivanchuk | - | Levon Aronian | | | Wang Yue | - | Leinier Dominguez | | | | Round 14: Saturday, 7 March 2009 | | Teimour Radjabov | - | Wang Yue | | | Leinier Dominguez | - | Ivanchuk Vassily | | | Levon Aronian | - | Grischuk Alexander | | | Vishy Anand | - | Carlsen Magnus | |
Results on the official web site: http://www.ajedrez.ciudaddelinares.es/resul.htm
More about Anand:
Chess - Viswanathan Anand is World Chess Champion!
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